Secure and Sustainable Shelter:
Timber Frames!
My name is Michael Hollihn.
I am a shareholder and member of Blue Earth Forest-Farm.
I studied food security and top-soil erosion at the University of Victoria.
I then studied sustainable forestry practice at the Eco-Forestry Institute.
Which led me get a diploma in timber frame production at the College of the Rockies.
All of my work continues to focus on what i refer to as food and shelter security.
Please email me at my name, one word, at gmail dot com for more information.
Please visit my timber frame website at pranatimberframes dot com.
Please look at some of my work below.
Welcome!
Hybrid Timber Frame Home
I helped the client get her design to the stage where we could share it with the local structural engineer.
She wanted to see local timbers in the open living part of the home, the basement entry, and the wrap-around porch.
We use floating tenons as splines to connect the main timbers that support the roof system.
All our joinery is fully housed which makes for a bomber strong structure.
It was fun bringing the milled timber into the round logs for a feature at the gable end porch where many days will be spent relaxing from the beautiful hot summers of Boundary country.
"May the long time sun
Shine upon you
All love surround you
And the pure light
Within you
Guide your way on."
Mike Heron
